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Re: [TowerTalk] Opening Steel Hardwre AFter 15 Years

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Opening Steel Hardwre AFter 15 Years
From: Steve Maki <lists@oakcom.org>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 12:02:35 -0400
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On 04/15/20 11:31 AM, Grant Saviers wrote:

For a few dollars, safety wires seem to me to be a good value insurance, but YMMV for risk taking.

Absolutely. I was only gently correcting the common notion that turnbuckle safety wires are to keep a tower from falling if the turnbuckle *breaks*.

Which it (the safety wire) certainly will NOT do unless it's installed way differently than is common practice.

-Steve K8LX
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